First, let me say another HUGE thank you to the wonderful folks at Pagan Pathways Temple in Madison Heights for hosting my Anglo-Saxon Futhorc class yesterday! Thank you also to the wonderful people who came out at 11 AM on a cold Saturday morning to hear me speak. I'm looking forward to returning in May to teach an Introduction to Shamanic Journey-work Class :)
Now....yesterday I managed to totally blank out on bringing my list of favorite books, so here it is (all of the books in the Wayne State University Collection are held in the Purdy Library; if you have a Michigan Library card, you can borrow them at no cost).
Academic texts:
Excellent beginner book
(Wayne State has a copy)
Another excellent beginner book
(Wayne State has a copy)
These next two are much more on the academic side
(i.e. a bit dry and crunchy, more geared toward
those interested in history and philology)
I know for sure Wayne State has this book,
I'm not sure about the one below
The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition
by Maureen Halsall
or you can borrow
Wayne State's copy)
Esoteric Texts:
Very good all around information;
Paxon gives multiple authors' perspectives
all neatly packed into one (big) book, saving you
from having to buy lots of other people's books
(none of which are on this list)
Not a rune book, this is about trance/journeywork
within a Norse frame work
The very BEST book on the Younger Futhark
(16 staves of the Norwegian Rune Poem)
This is one of the few books that
straddles the gap between academic
and esoteric studies; it isn't intended as
an esoteric book, but it is far more approachable
than most academic books on the runes.
I don't necessarily agree with everything
Krasskova (or anyone else for that matter)
says/believes, but I respect and recommend
her work
Ditto
This is probably my favorite of other people's
esoteric texts
Last but not least,
visit Maria Kvilhaug's Website!
